Weak Stream
Haha.... Bill Simmons's take on the ads for BPH, which some of you might recall I wrote about a while back:
Common side effects from Flomax are "runny nose, dizziness and a decrease in semen; upon standing, a sudden decrease of blood pressure may occur, rarely resulting in fainting." Call me crazy, but wouldn't you rather have a weak stream of pee over any of those other symptoms? We should vote on this on ESPN.com's main page.
*****
I think I've had the following conversation about 5 times during the last couple weeks (with a different friend each time):
(The song by Brooke Hogan with Paul Wall comes on the radio)
Friend: This song is pretty catchy, I kinda like it.
Me: You know who sings it right?
Friend: No, who?
Me: Hulk Hogan's daughter.
Friend: What??! No way, are you serious?
Me: Yep.
(awkward silence ensues)
Friend: Wow. I did not know that.
Seriously, same exact conversation, just different friend. I understand though, that knowledge can be a pretty powerful revelation when you find out. I know because I experienced the feeling myself about a month ago. I, too, thought the song was catchy, until I realized who was singing it.
It doesn't help that the video is retarded and features our heroine Brooke "battling" (if you can call it that) some other skanky girl on the dance floor. Now whenever I hear the song and/or see the video, I can actually feel myself becoming less of a person. To share this feeling with all my many readers, enjoy below. Prepare to get served:
Yep. I think I finally reached my limit. The guy who obsessed about Britney Spears for years, liked O-Town and Eden's Crush when they were hot, draws the line at Hulk Hogan's daughter singing with Paul Wall rapping. Actually, I think Danity Kane has also crossed that line too, so yeah, they didn't make the cut either. Sorry girls. Don't worry though, I still bump that Ciara song (with Charmillionaire) in my car every morning on the way to work. Now that is a catchy song.
*****
I know I told myself (and everyone on this blog) that I was done with watching Laguna Beach, but what do you know, I got sucked into another season. At first it was easy to not care about the show, because none of the people in this season were that interesting or attractive, but MTV just plays that show so freaking much, and there's nothing else to watch sometimes. After catching a mini-marathon of LB this weekend, that Tessa girl kind of grew on me. She's not at the level of Kristin, but still something about her has that certain charm.
Maybe it helps that she's half-Asian, and I feel bad for her that all the other girls seem to hate on her for no reason, except jealousy. You can almost hear them saying to each other, "How dare she steal 'our' boys attention away from us? She doesn't even have blonde hair and blue eyes!" (or in the case of Cami, "disgusting rolls of body fat and the worst personality ever"). So yeah... even if Tessa's "character" does nothing for my race except continue to portray the "exotic looking Asian girl" stereotype, I'm still pulling for her out of sympathy.
Another thing drawing me into the show is the love triangle centering around Cameron. It is so inexplicable and ridiculous that I just have to see how this thing turns out. Actually, I guess since it involves 4 people (Cameron, Jessica, Tessa, and Kyndra), it's not technically a love "triangle". "Love quadrilateral" doesn't quite have the same ring though.
Of course, one of the reasons I decided to stop watching LB in the first place is because the show was definitely starting to feel too staged. I know the producers have to stir up stuff to keep things interesting and boost ratings, but I wish they wouldn't insult my intelligence too much. For example, the "scene" where Tessa supposedly sees Cameron cuddling with Jessica at his birthday party and storms out, is pretty blatantly obvious that it's spliced and edited to look that way. I really doubt that scene ever happened.
I guess by being 26 and watching a show about spoiled teenagers, I'm basically asking for my intelligence to be insulted, but still. I notice stuff like this as I'm watching.
Mock me if you will, but I bet you're still humming that Brooke Hogan song right now.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Severe Annoyance Alert
Whose bright idea was it to blare loud noises along with the severe weather alerts on TV? Those stupid alerts have been driving me insane all night. Do they really need to block out the regular audio of my shows with these obnoxious sounds to inform me of the storms that I can already hear outside my window anyways?
It's not even that the sounds themselves annoy me. What bugs me more is the idea that someone actually thought it was a good idea to make these weather alerts so annoying and intrusive. It's a freaking weather report! If I cared that much about weather, I would already be on the Weather Channel instead of watching South Park.
What makes it worse is that they override the sound on every single channel. I hate when people think something is so important that they expect everyone else to care as much about it as they do. For example, people who use the "High Importance" label in Outlook for every single email they send out, even when they're just forwarding you pictures of puppies.
Or, when someone sends out a mass invite to 200 people with instructions to RSVP. When that happens, it makes me wonder if they even know what RSVP means, that you are expected to respond whether you can make it or not. It's one thing if you mail out personal wedding invitations with stamped reply cards. In that case, I think it's okay to expect a reply. But if you're throwing a random get together on a Thursday night by putting the email address of every single person you've ever met, and their friends, and their friends' friends on a Evite list, please don't say RSVP. Just ask people to respond if they plan on making it.
Whose bright idea was it to blare loud noises along with the severe weather alerts on TV? Those stupid alerts have been driving me insane all night. Do they really need to block out the regular audio of my shows with these obnoxious sounds to inform me of the storms that I can already hear outside my window anyways?
It's not even that the sounds themselves annoy me. What bugs me more is the idea that someone actually thought it was a good idea to make these weather alerts so annoying and intrusive. It's a freaking weather report! If I cared that much about weather, I would already be on the Weather Channel instead of watching South Park.
What makes it worse is that they override the sound on every single channel. I hate when people think something is so important that they expect everyone else to care as much about it as they do. For example, people who use the "High Importance" label in Outlook for every single email they send out, even when they're just forwarding you pictures of puppies.
Or, when someone sends out a mass invite to 200 people with instructions to RSVP. When that happens, it makes me wonder if they even know what RSVP means, that you are expected to respond whether you can make it or not. It's one thing if you mail out personal wedding invitations with stamped reply cards. In that case, I think it's okay to expect a reply. But if you're throwing a random get together on a Thursday night by putting the email address of every single person you've ever met, and their friends, and their friends' friends on a Evite list, please don't say RSVP. Just ask people to respond if they plan on making it.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Maybe You Just Like Handmade Things Cause You're A Tool
The other day I overheard some guy say something like "Yeah, I like handmade things, after all, I'm Italian".
It seems like I hear people say things like that a lot, but half the time I don't know what they're talking about. It's one thing if someone says "I'm British, so my teeth are super nasty", or "I don't like swimming, can't you see I'm black". At least those are commonly accepted stereotypes (I think).
But are Italian people really known as a culture that especially appreciates handmade items, more than, say, people from Greece or Switzerland? Or was this guy just saying random things trying to sound cool, but doesn't really make any sense?
If you ask me, I think it's the latter. I mean, you can say just about anything, then explain it by talking about your ethnic background, as long as the other person isn't of the same ethnicity. Even if your claim makes no sense at all, who's going to call you out on it?
Pretty nice system, actually. Sounds so easy, it kind of makes me want to start doing that myself. Next time I see someone I don't like, I'm going to kick him in the nuts. If he asks me why I did that, I'll just be like, "I dunno why, something about kicking people in the nuts just appeals to me. I'm Chinese, if you weren't aware."
Some other possible uses:
"Laguna Beach is the greatest show ever, I watch every episode! I think it has to do with my parents being born in Taiwan."
"I only use 0.7mm lead in my mechanical pencils. No self-respecting Asian would accept that 0.5mm crap."
"I don't need a separate mp3 player, cause my cell phone works fine as a music player for me. Only white people and Hispanics buy IPods."
See, you can use it in just about any situation. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'm gonna go back and find that Italian guy who likes handmade items, and kick him in the nuts.
The other day I overheard some guy say something like "Yeah, I like handmade things, after all, I'm Italian".
It seems like I hear people say things like that a lot, but half the time I don't know what they're talking about. It's one thing if someone says "I'm British, so my teeth are super nasty", or "I don't like swimming, can't you see I'm black". At least those are commonly accepted stereotypes (I think).
But are Italian people really known as a culture that especially appreciates handmade items, more than, say, people from Greece or Switzerland? Or was this guy just saying random things trying to sound cool, but doesn't really make any sense?
If you ask me, I think it's the latter. I mean, you can say just about anything, then explain it by talking about your ethnic background, as long as the other person isn't of the same ethnicity. Even if your claim makes no sense at all, who's going to call you out on it?
Pretty nice system, actually. Sounds so easy, it kind of makes me want to start doing that myself. Next time I see someone I don't like, I'm going to kick him in the nuts. If he asks me why I did that, I'll just be like, "I dunno why, something about kicking people in the nuts just appeals to me. I'm Chinese, if you weren't aware."
Some other possible uses:
"Laguna Beach is the greatest show ever, I watch every episode! I think it has to do with my parents being born in Taiwan."
"I only use 0.7mm lead in my mechanical pencils. No self-respecting Asian would accept that 0.5mm crap."
"I don't need a separate mp3 player, cause my cell phone works fine as a music player for me. Only white people and Hispanics buy IPods."
See, you can use it in just about any situation. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'm gonna go back and find that Italian guy who likes handmade items, and kick him in the nuts.
Monday, September 25, 2006
MN Trip
I took a road trip with some of the boys this weekend up to Minneapolis, mainly to watch the Bears play the Vikings on Sunday. Here's some pics from our mini vacation along with some of my thoughts thrown in...
We stayed at the Embassy Suites downtown, a nice 2-room suite. This is a pic of the "living room" area:
This is the view from our hotel window:
That's the Metrodome in the top left. I wish I could say there was more to the Minneapolis skyline, but that's honestly pretty much it.
We went to a sushi place called Nami, which was pretty good:
Walking back from dinner, we passed a place called "Gay 90's", so of course a picture needed to be taken in front of it.
Somehow, out of our group of 5, I was the only one who assumed that "Gay 90's" was a gay bar. For some reason, everyone else convinced themselves that it was just called "Gay 90's" but not really gay. Eventually, Piya looked up the place on the internet and confirmed that it was unequivocally a gay bar. But at the time, they had actually had me doubting my own common sense. "It has 'Gay' in the name! Doesn't anybody notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here!"
We stopped by the Mall of America for a bit. Not that impressed, basically just seemed like a bigger version of Woodfield, except with some carnival games in the middle. The Lego store was kind of cool though. A few pictures we took:
I like how Anuj looks puzzled as Chras is walking away in the last one. Oh, I almost forgot, I took a picture in front of the best store in the mall:
Saturday night, went out to a couple places. First was The Drink, which was a pretty nice bar, good atmosphere, cheap drinks. Afterwards we hit up a place called Spin, basically your typical club bumping loud dance music. Except someone must have really souped up the subwoofers there, cause I could feel my internal organs vibrating just being near the dance floor. This is the one pic we took there:
Finally, Sunday was the game. We brought a bag of beers (yes, a bag) to the Metrodome and hung out around the stadium for a bit before heading in. The area outside the stadium was actually pretty cool, a big crowd of fans just chilling with beers and mingling. There were a decent number of Bears fans there too, which made for good times and trash talking.
Inside the dome was not as great. The building wasn't designed that well, and is kind of crappy overall. The one thing that you notice is how loud the place gets when the fans start to make noise. I think there have been rumors that the home teams use speakers to amplify the sound, but either way, the Metrodome is definitely one of the loudest sports venue I've been in. Comparable to when I was at Allstate Arena for the Illini-Arizona game a couple years ago, except that time had more to do with the excitement of the game situation.
The game itself was awesome (if you were a Bears fan). For those of you who missed it, they basically went back and forth on field goals for most of the game, then fell behind on a terrible interception return for TD thrown by Rex. We caught a break when the Vikings fumbled in their own territory, then Grossman somewhat redeemed himself with a pretty TD pass to put us ahead for good.
A couple pics of the field (ignore the random guy's big head):
So that was basically the trip. Oh yeah, and we stopped by a couple casinos, but I don't have pictures of those. There were some good times had there too though.
One other thing I thought was funny is that a lot of places have signs that say "We do not allow firearms on the premises". I guess there's no concealed weapon law in Minnesota, so they actually need to specify "no guns allowed" at the Metrodome or at the banks.
I took a road trip with some of the boys this weekend up to Minneapolis, mainly to watch the Bears play the Vikings on Sunday. Here's some pics from our mini vacation along with some of my thoughts thrown in...
We stayed at the Embassy Suites downtown, a nice 2-room suite. This is a pic of the "living room" area:
This is the view from our hotel window:
That's the Metrodome in the top left. I wish I could say there was more to the Minneapolis skyline, but that's honestly pretty much it.
We went to a sushi place called Nami, which was pretty good:
Walking back from dinner, we passed a place called "Gay 90's", so of course a picture needed to be taken in front of it.
Somehow, out of our group of 5, I was the only one who assumed that "Gay 90's" was a gay bar. For some reason, everyone else convinced themselves that it was just called "Gay 90's" but not really gay. Eventually, Piya looked up the place on the internet and confirmed that it was unequivocally a gay bar. But at the time, they had actually had me doubting my own common sense. "It has 'Gay' in the name! Doesn't anybody notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here!"
We stopped by the Mall of America for a bit. Not that impressed, basically just seemed like a bigger version of Woodfield, except with some carnival games in the middle. The Lego store was kind of cool though. A few pictures we took:
I like how Anuj looks puzzled as Chras is walking away in the last one. Oh, I almost forgot, I took a picture in front of the best store in the mall:
Saturday night, went out to a couple places. First was The Drink, which was a pretty nice bar, good atmosphere, cheap drinks. Afterwards we hit up a place called Spin, basically your typical club bumping loud dance music. Except someone must have really souped up the subwoofers there, cause I could feel my internal organs vibrating just being near the dance floor. This is the one pic we took there:
Finally, Sunday was the game. We brought a bag of beers (yes, a bag) to the Metrodome and hung out around the stadium for a bit before heading in. The area outside the stadium was actually pretty cool, a big crowd of fans just chilling with beers and mingling. There were a decent number of Bears fans there too, which made for good times and trash talking.
Inside the dome was not as great. The building wasn't designed that well, and is kind of crappy overall. The one thing that you notice is how loud the place gets when the fans start to make noise. I think there have been rumors that the home teams use speakers to amplify the sound, but either way, the Metrodome is definitely one of the loudest sports venue I've been in. Comparable to when I was at Allstate Arena for the Illini-Arizona game a couple years ago, except that time had more to do with the excitement of the game situation.
The game itself was awesome (if you were a Bears fan). For those of you who missed it, they basically went back and forth on field goals for most of the game, then fell behind on a terrible interception return for TD thrown by Rex. We caught a break when the Vikings fumbled in their own territory, then Grossman somewhat redeemed himself with a pretty TD pass to put us ahead for good.
A couple pics of the field (ignore the random guy's big head):
So that was basically the trip. Oh yeah, and we stopped by a couple casinos, but I don't have pictures of those. There were some good times had there too though.
One other thing I thought was funny is that a lot of places have signs that say "We do not allow firearms on the premises". I guess there's no concealed weapon law in Minnesota, so they actually need to specify "no guns allowed" at the Metrodome or at the banks.
Monday, August 21, 2006
The Aftermath
Had my first, hopefully not last, big gathering of 2006 at my place over the weekend, and it was a good time. Wish I could do it more often, but with my schedule lately, and everyone else's busy lives, it's hard to find a good day. Nevertheless, I'll try to make one more happen by the end of the summer.
Maybe next time we'll finally make it all the way around:
At least this time it spanned more than 1 picture. I went back through my blog to find last year's entry, and it looks like we didn't get nearly as far last time. (Here's the link in case you want to go back and see for yourself: http://dudo509.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_dudo509_archive.html#112415128383880099)
Kind of interesting that it was almost exactly 1 year ago, within a week. Since then I got some patio furniture, but that's about it.
While going through the archives to look for those pics, I read through some of my blogs from that time, which is always a little weird. I think I was actually a better writer and more entertaining back then compared to right now, not that it's saying much.
Had my first, hopefully not last, big gathering of 2006 at my place over the weekend, and it was a good time. Wish I could do it more often, but with my schedule lately, and everyone else's busy lives, it's hard to find a good day. Nevertheless, I'll try to make one more happen by the end of the summer.
Maybe next time we'll finally make it all the way around:
At least this time it spanned more than 1 picture. I went back through my blog to find last year's entry, and it looks like we didn't get nearly as far last time. (Here's the link in case you want to go back and see for yourself: http://dudo509.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_dudo509_archive.html#112415128383880099)
Kind of interesting that it was almost exactly 1 year ago, within a week. Since then I got some patio furniture, but that's about it.
While going through the archives to look for those pics, I read through some of my blogs from that time, which is always a little weird. I think I was actually a better writer and more entertaining back then compared to right now, not that it's saying much.
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